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A goal. One goal would have been enoughBury to beat it Shakhtar and win the qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League. A goal that did not reach San Siro, on a bitter and difficult afternoon for the Nerazzurri, once again outside Europe that counts at the end of the group stage. A failure, in unequivocal terms, for the team led by Antonio Conte, who did not take advantage of the favorable result obtained in Madrid between Real and Borussia, playing a good game in the first half and impalpable, more and more as the minutes passed, in recovery. With the shame of the last place of a group that could have even won Inter, due to technical values.
The tension is cut off in the cold air of San Siro. It is immediately clear that Inter will live one of those evenings of concerns, in one sense or another, until the epilogue. And to think that the Nerazzurri could immediately unlock the scoreboard and put the game on extremely favorable tracks: at the first opportunity, Lautaro breaks the crossbar with his right hand. It will continue to be the best scoring opportunity for the Nerazzurri during the first half of the match, which Conte’s men still have the credit of playing well, at a decent pace and constantly in offensive projection. Shakhtar play the standings in the same way as Inter, but from Handanovic’s side it is very little seen. All the while in Madrid things are going well, at least in relation to the cookie expectation that was around the day before, with Real Madrid ahead of Borussia Monchengladbach.
The game, for Conte’s troop, is actually played only at San Siro. But Inter cannot find the necessary gear change to make a decisive change in the game. The Nerazzurri dominate the game, forcing Shakhtar into a defensive match, but without creating sensational opportunities. Shortly after the hour of the game comes the first blow of the Ukrainian game, with Handanovic decisive to keep Inter in the race, as if to remember how much the fate of San Siro hangs by a fine thread. The balance needs a turning point to change, but from the bench Conte is reluctant to change the score. He waits for the last quarter of an hour to launch a more offensive Inter, with Sánchez supporting Lukaku and Lautaro and even Eriksen in the middle of the field in the final minutes, plays that have no effect. The Nerazzurri, devoured by nerves and fatigue, close the game with little bite, almost on the legs, with the two newly incorporated protagonists of the two or three most interesting situations in the final. And they leave the Champions League in groups for the third consecutive season.
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